by William de Reviers (d. 1217) to his daughter Mary on her marriage to Robert de Courtenay , and thence descended through the Courtenay family. 4 In 1556 ownership was divided, and a survey of 1599 recognized the existence of

14 On 31 October he resigned. 15 On 10 November, 1384 , when in the course of his metropolitical visitation Courtenay , archbishop of Canterbury , came to Lechlade, he found that the title of the prior, Richard Smyth ,

66 Courtenay . Or three roundels gules with a label azure : Lord Ferrers was slain at Bosworth in 1485 , fighting on the side of Richard III , 67 and his descendants lost the Courtenay possessions. John Courtenay ,

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master of Kinsale, and when Townshend returned to England to become master general of the Ordnance, Courtenay accompanied him as his secretary.In London Courtenay, who in 1773 published The Rape of Poloma, an elegiac poem, was introduced to the literary

defence of the coast. In April 1378 Courtenay was involved in a naval expedition under the earls of Arundel and Salisbury. The fleet was attacked by Spaniards off the Breton coast, and Courtenay and his brother Sir Peter were captured.

appears to have thought well of Courtenay and entrusted him with matters of importance, notably in connexion with the visitation of monasteries. Fragments of their correspondence survive: in three letters of the year 1533 Courtenay excused himself from attending the

was appointed to a committee on 3 Dec. to consider measures against pirates.[footnote]While in London in 1584, Courtenay quarrelled with Richard Champernown, Lady Courtenay appealing for help to her brother, the 3rd Earl of Rutland. Lord Burghley and the lord

COURTENAY, Sir William II (1529/30-57), of Powderham, Devon and London. Constituency Dates Plympton Erle 1555 Biography At the inquisition held at Exeter on 27 Oct. 1536 into the property of Sir William Courtenay I of Powderham, it was found that

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care than formerly, since hearing from Courtenay or his ministers 6 that the Queen has been informed of their communications with him; but still I hear that the King of France is promising Courtenay so much that he might well

openly mentioned Courtenay. He was, they said, the match that would be most welcome to the people, for no foreigner had ever before been king of the country, and the very name of stranger was odious, whilst Courtenay was well-born,

so outshines Courtenay that Courtenay dares not show himself when the other is present. My Lord (Thomas) has told a friend of mine that every one is disgusted with Courtenay, and bears witness to the fact that Courtenay is harbouring

Courtenay Esquire, to join with Sir William Courtenay , his Father, in a Conveyance for settling their Estate, was read. Resolved , & c. That the Bill do pass: And that the Title be, An Act to enable Francis

in Courfe. SirW. Courtenay verfits Langfoid. cc The Houfe being informed, &quot; That a Perfofi attended, on the Behalf of the Refpondents, to prove Copies of certain Records and Proceedings, in a Caufe whereÃÂ¬ in Sir William Courtenay Baronet is

the faid Bill ; and direfted him to report the fame to &quot; the Houfe, without any Amendment&quot; Sir Win. Courtenay verfus Langford : Pleadings proved. A Meffage from the Houfe of Commons, by Mr.s-Sea Farrer and others : KS

the Petition of Hugh Stafford Efquire fSedÃÂ°tole&quot; ^&lt;1 Bridget his Wife, Kellond Courtenay, and Sufanna judges. Prideaux ; praying Leave to bring in a Bill, to enable Kellond Courtenay Efquire and Sufanna Prideaux, Infants under the Age of One and

it with wheedling smile To the sons of Erin ' s Isle : Then to Chamberlain and Dilke, Bright, and Courtenay , smooth as silk, Cooing like ecstatic turtle He distributes sprigs of myrtle, But the tender orange blossom Is